[arch-devops] Arch Linux ISO Checksums on archlinux.org

Christian Rebischke Chris.Rebischke at archlinux.org
Tue Feb 23 15:13:36 UTC 2016


On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 04:55:17PM +0100, Levente Polyak wrote:
> On February 22, 2016 4:22:40 PM GMT+01:00, Christian Rebischke <Chris.Rebischke at archlinux.org> wrote:
> >Maybe we should also sign the ISO with a GPG-Key.
> >
> >I don't mean that we should remove the MD5 checksum but we should add
> >some
> >other checksum and sign the ISO. 
> >
> 
> The ISO is actually signed, above the mentioned checksums [0] you can find the signature file [1]. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Levente
> 
> [0] https://www.archlinux.org/download/
> [1] https://www.archlinux.org/iso/2016.02.01/archlinux-2016.02.01-dual.iso.sig


Sorry guys, there I was too fast and inattentive.
But, however, what do you think about adding a stronger checksum to it?
I know that a GPG-signatures + MD5 or SHA1 would be enough but I know enough
people who just check the checksum and don't care about signatures.

regards,
chris
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